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That sucks. I pretty much on MOP the whole time so I got to get away with a lot.Not us , my SNCOs made us muster every damn time.
That sucks. I pretty much on MOP the whole time so I got to get away with a lot.Not us , my SNCOs made us muster every damn time.
my base, Camp Alamo, was a salute base for some reason too, although we were completely inside an ANA base as their boot camp drill instructors. Our LTC was the base mayor cell commander so he made it salute...
which was funny, b/c we had about 100 marines there too, and they just blatantly said 'f that' we don't do that. So we had to still salute their 1LT and CPT, and they'd just literally laugh in our faces....
good times
we also had to wear eyepro at all times, and our weapon had to be at the low ready and couldn't be slung.....One of the COPs on the loop I would have to take from Khandhar to my COP literally had the "COP name, unit, We Salute Here" on the T-wall in front of where you landed.
we also had to wear eyepro at all times, and our weapon had to be at the low ready and couldn't be slung.....
like word? so it's a base where we're green/no mag even in, salute, yet we have to wear eyepro all day and be at the low ready???
wtf
oh ya, no shaded eyepro either. had to be certain of uniformity, so only basic issued clear....of course the CSM was wearing Amber when he issued that deman, but I digress
How many of you Sailors and Marines have crossed the line? I'd like to hear how you became a Shellback.
@oldshadow, you got any stories?
The first time you cross the equator.Excuse my ignorance to this terminology but this is the post that lost me. And everyone that replied to the idea of his post confused the hell out of me.
What is "crossed the line"?
What is "Shellback"?
The first time you cross the equator.
Yeah I never knew anyone who actually did it who was on a MEU float.And the Corps has pretty much put the kibosh on recognizing it since like 98 or so. I'm amazed that someone got it in 2000
Always surprised me to find out that the Corps was ahead of the Army on being against "hazing" stuff.
Yeah I never knew anyone who actually did it who was on a MEU float.
I used to have a shellback card...I tried to find it today....more than likely lost it years ago. Your post reminded that I had one. MEU.How many of you Sailors and Marines have crossed the line? I'd like to hear how you became a Shellback.
@oldshadow, you got any stories?
Do you remember the Jacksonville Ninja? I think he died recently.USMC - 1812 -Abrams Tank Crewman
2000-2009
Camp Lejeune, NC
Do you remember the Jacksonville Ninja? I think he died recently.
Did he? I saw him not so long ago at Applebees... probably a month or so ago.
Looks like my usually reliable source about his possible death was wrong then. How'd you find out his real name?Yeah... he's an interesting dude. I used to have a few hours between classes when I was going to Coastal, so I would go and pound a few beers at Applebees. He would come in just about every day and crush a few sweet tea's before going back outside and doing his craziness on the corner. We would chat for a bit... very hill-billy, but seemed like a nice guy.
As for the death rumor... I can't find a single source saying that he had died. I even looked up his real name, Robert Mattocks, and went through the obituaries and wasn't able to find anything. He got hit by a car in 2013 but it was just minor injuries.
Looks like my usually reliable source about his possible death was wrong then. How'd you find out his real name?
He used to be a guest host at Party Zone all the time. I wonder if he still is. One of my friends also saw him singing in the mall once.